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Interactive Workshop: PR and Law during a crisis
07 February 2023Identifying, investigating and responding to a crisis is a stressful and time-critical endeavour for any organisation. Taking the right steps during the initial ‘golden hour’ of a crisis is imperative in limiting the impact of a reputational issue on your organisation.
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Trade Unions & Works Councils
Our Trade Union and Collective Rights team advises employers on all aspects of industrial relations and collective employment law.
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UK Trade Mission works towards doubling trade with Pakistan
13 September 2011Nadim Khan is one of the lead coordinators with a UK trade mission representing the financial and mining sectors, which began their weeklong visit programme to Pakistan today.
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Lewis Silkin works with ISBA to create suggested vlogger contract for brands and influencers
13 September 2016Lewis Silkin is proud to have worked alongside trade body ISBA (The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) to draft a new legal template for brands dealing with the emerging world of YouTube vloggers and other creators.
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AI 101: What are the infringement risks of using AI-generated works?
07 February 2023This is the third article in our “AI 101” series, where the team at Lewis Silkin will unravel the legal issues involved in the development and use of AI text and image generation tools. In the previous article of the series, we considered questions of ownership and authorship when it comes to generating AI works. In this article we consider how those tools might be infringing IP rights and how the users of those tools might find themselves in hot water.
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European Works Councils continue to exist in a post-Brexit UK
05 September 2023In its first ever decision on European Works Councils, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that the EWCs of certain UK-based businesses continue to exist under UK law after the end of the Brexit transition period.
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European Works Councils: abolition of the UK’s legal framework?
22 May 2024As part of its efforts to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses, the government has initiated a consultation on its plan to remove the legal framework for maintaining legacy European Works Councils in the UK. We explore why the repeal of “ill thought through legislation” is likely to be welcomed.
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Staffing decisions when reopening workplaces in Ireland - a flowchart
29 May 2020We have produced a useful flowchart which will help employers to decide which employees can return to work as part of the Covid-19 road to recovery.
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Age discrimination alive and well in Irish workplaces: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Times
16 April 2021Age discrimination is alive and kicking in Irish workplaces. It’s illegal under the Employment Equality Acts (1998-2015) but those working in the area say little has changed in relation to workplace age discrimination in Ireland in the past 20 years.
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Return to the workplace: Covid secure workplaces
23 August 2021In this video Charlotte Morgan discusses what advertising agencies and other organisations should keep in mind during their re-opening plans.
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Government wants remote working to become ‘permanent fixture’ as workplaces prepare to reopen: Síobhra Rush comments for The Irish Times
20 September 2021The Government wants to see remote working become a permanent fixture of Irish working life, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has said.
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Ireland: cautious approach to reopening workplaces continues
20 October 2021The Irish government has advised against a large-scale return to the workplace but rather is continuing with its encouragement of a “phased and cautious” return for specific business requirements.
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Staffing decisions when reopening workplaces - flowchart
25 February 2022We have updated our flowchart to help employers decide which employees should attend their workplace.
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Lewis Silkin ranked sixth in Newsweek’s list of the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
03 November 2022Lewis Silkin has performed superbly in a comprehensive ranking of organisations that employees love working for. Newsweek surveyed more than 450,000 employees at organisations ranging in size from 50 employees to over 5,000, to find out how connected and satisfied they are with their place of work.
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How can employers make their workplaces appeal to older workers?
02 February 2023With older workers leaving the workforce in worrying numbers, this article considers what an “over 50s friendly” workplace might look like.
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Toxic workplaces hit the headlines: a warning to employers to take steps to prevent and tackle workplace misconduct
27 April 2023Organisational culture continues to experience considerable scrutiny following the findings of bullying by Dominic Raab and the recent allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment at the CBI. Although Raab was critical of where the Tolley Report set the bar in making these adverse findings, his response is at odds with evolving standards of workplace behaviour. What are these standards, and what can employers do to avoid a toxic culture?
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Lewis Silkin ranked fourth in Newsweek’s list of the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
05 October 2023Lewis Silkin has come fourth in a comprehensive ranking of organisations that employees love working for.
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Paul Gillen comments on why workplaces must be neurodivergence-aware for the Belfast Telegraph
05 December 2023While major employers are now actively recruiting people with neurodivergent backgrounds, the number of industrial tribunal cases involving neurodiverse employees has quadrupled in the last four years. Paul Gillen comments for the Belfast Telegraph.
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Workplace Data Privacy
Our employment team contains a specialist group of employment lawyers who have expertise in handling the full range of workplace data privacy questions, from advising on: cross border data flows; monitoring; background checks and vetting; DSARs, ICO complaints; and the introduction of new technologies in the workplace.